Enables ghrelin receptor binding activity and growth hormone-releasing hormone activity. Involved in several processes, including negative regulation of cytokine production; positive regulation of peptide hormone secretion; and regulation of digestive system process. Acts upstream of or within negative regulation of insulin secretion. Is active in Schaffer collateral - CA1 synapse and glutamatergic synapse. Used to study middle cerebral artery infarction. Biomarker of multiple endocrine neoplasia and obstructive sleep apnea. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in diabetic neuropathy; esophagus adenocarcinoma; morbid obesity; obesity; and type 2 diabetes mellitus. Orthologous to human GHRL (ghrelin and obestatin prepropeptide); PARTICIPATES IN ghrelin system pathway; INTERACTS WITH 2,3,4,7,8-Pentachlorodibenzofuran; 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzodioxine; 3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine.
6-chloro-2,3,4,9-tetrahydro-1H-carbazole-1-carboxamide inhibits the reaction [GHRL protein modified form results in increased expression of CAT mRNA]; more ...
Atropine inhibits the reaction [[Pentobarbital co-treated with L-pyroglutamyl-L-histidyl-3,3-dimethylprolinamide] results in increased expression of GHRL protein]
[Pentobarbital co-treated with L-pyroglutamyl-L-histidyl-3,3-dimethylprolinamide] results in increased expression of GHRL protein; Atropine inhibits the reaction more ...
[tris(1,3-dichloro-2-propyl)phosphate co-treated with triphenyl phosphate co-treated with Tritolyl Phosphates] results in increased expression of and more ...
Atropine inhibits the reaction [[Pentobarbital co-treated with L-pyroglutamyl-L-histidyl-3,3-dimethylprolinamide] results in increased expression of GHRL protein]
Ghrelin and growth hormone secretagogue receptor are expressed in the rat adrenal cortex: Evidence that ghrelin stimulates the growth, but not the secretory activity of adrenal cells.
Involvement of PKA and ERK pathways in ghrelin-induced long-lasting potentiation of excitatory synaptic transmission in the CA1 area of rat hippocampus.
Unacylated ghrelin is active on the INS-1E rat insulinoma cell line independently of the growth hormone secretagogue receptor type 1a and the corticotropin releasing factor 2 receptor.
Ghrelin directly interacts with neuropeptide-Y-containing neurons in the rat arcuate nucleus: Ca2+ signaling via protein kinase A and N-type channel-dependent mechanisms and cross-talk with leptin and orexin.